bioinnovel Chapter 107 This thing is a bit too strong
Chapter 107 This thing is a bit too strong
As Li Jianguo's countdown reached zero, the night outside the park seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible hand.
Puff, puff, puff.
The sniper rifles equipped with silencers were pulled in the same second. There was no flash of light, only a few muffled sounds like striking leather, instantly piercing the deathly silence.
In the grass, the once confident Venomous Fang suddenly narrowed its pupils to the size of pinpoints.
His prized "Ghost" tactical vest now looked like a ridiculous emperor's new clothes. The two assault team members beside him didn't even have time to raise their guns before the night vision goggles on their helmets exploded instantly, the enormous kinetic energy sending them flying backward and crashing heavily into the soft, wet ground.
"We've been detected! Invisibility has failed! Invisibility has failed!"
Fang roared hoarsely into the communication channel, his voice filled with disbelief and terror.
He doesn't understand.
Lockheed Martin's latest technology, capable of fooling the Pentagon's defenses with its negative refractive index materials, is so fragile in this private technology park in an Eastern country, as if it were a blank sheet of paper.
boom!
A large-caliber bullet precisely shattered the Barrett sniper scope in his hand, and shards of glass cut his cheek, blood mixed with dirt obscuring his vision.
This is not a fight at all.
This is a massacre.
It could even be a remote surgical operation that can be precisely guided without even seeing the enemy.
"Retreat! Everyone retreat!"
At this moment, Venom Fang had lost all his arrogance as a "King of Soldiers." He was like a wild dog with a broken spine, tumbling and crawling as he tried to rush towards the cover.
But Li Jianguo's arrangements had already sealed off all escape routes.
Two more muffled thuds followed. Venom felt a chill run through his legs, then a wave of excruciating pain washed over him. He collapsed to the ground, looking around in despair. Before he knew it, the Chinese soldiers in black special forces uniforms had surrounded him like ghosts, their dark gun barrels pointed at his head.
"Damn it... damn yellow-skinned monkeys..."
Venomous Fang coughed up a mouthful of blood, a mad, resolute glint flashing in his eyes.
If we fail to complete the mission, we'll all die anyway. Since that's the case, let's all go to hell together.
His fingers darted into the inner pocket of his tactical vest, where a modified miniature EMP (electromagnetic pulse) generator was hidden. Although not powerful, it was enough to burn out all the delicate electronic components within a 500-meter radius.
Even if we can't kill Bai Che, we'll destroy his laboratory!
"Go to hell!"
With a sinister grin, Venomous Fang pressed the red detonation button.
Buzz—Buzz!
An invisible, powerful magnetic ripple erupted instantly. It was as if something in the air had exploded, and everyone's eardrums were filled with a sharp, ringing sound.
The screens in the command center went black instantly.
The searchlights in the park seemed to be choked, flashing twice before going out completely.
Meanwhile, there are three underground levels.
The laboratory, which was once as bright as day, was plunged into absolute darkness in that instant.
"what!"
The sudden darkness made Su Wanqing instinctively cry out in surprise.
This place is dozens of meters underground, with no windows and no light. A power outage not only means losing sight, but also means the ventilation system stops working. If this were an ongoing chemical experiment, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Bai Che! Bai Che, where are you?!"
Su Wanqing frantically reached out, groping blindly in the darkness, her voice trembling noticeably: "Don't move! Emergency power... Damn it, why isn't the emergency power on?"
The impact of the EMP clearly affected the relays on the backup line.
In the darkness, only Su Wanqing's rapid breathing and the buzzing sound of emergency lights trying to turn on in the distance corridor could be heard.
however.
In the midst of this suffocating darkness and chaos, a remarkably steady, even rhythmic, mechanical clicking sound emanated from the core area of the laboratory.
Click.
Click.
It was the sound of metal parts fitting together perfectly, crisp and melodious, and exceptionally clear in the deathly silent basement.
"What's the panic?"
Bai Che's voice rang out in the darkness.
Calm, composed, without a trace of emotion, even carrying a hint of nonchalant laziness. It was as if he wasn't in a power-off underground bunker, but rather lying on his dorm bed scrolling through short videos.
"Since they want to help me save on my electricity bill, then thank you to these international friends for their generosity."
Su Wanqing was stunned and looked in the direction of the sound.
By the faint green emergency light shining in from outside the corridor, like fireflies, she could vaguely see a blurry figure standing in front of the lab table.
Bai Che seemed to be holding something in his hand, and was slowly embedding it into the silver-white ring.
His movements were fluid and without hesitation, as if the darkness did not exist for him. Each click signified the return of a palladium component with micron-level precision to its final position.
boom--
The heavy lead-plate door was manually pushed open.
Li Jianguo rushed in with a tactical flashlight, the beam of light instantly tearing through the darkness and illuminating his anxious face.
"Mr. Bai! Ms. Su! Are you alright?!"
He shouted as he warily scanned his surroundings. The EMP interruption had cut off his communications with the special forces for ten seconds, and those ten seconds felt like an eternity to him.
"Turn off the flashlight, it's blinding."
Bai Che didn't even raise his head, and gently pressed his finger on the last gap in the ring.
Click.
The last component fits perfectly.
In that instant, the entire ring seemed to come alive; a faint glimmer of light flashed across the intricate patterns on its surface before fading into silence.
At that moment, Fuxi's cold, synthesized voice rang out in the laboratory—it was the independent backup power supply for the local server.
[WARNING: Main power supply interrupted. Backup power module voltage insufficient. Current voltage: 12V.]
[Ignition threshold for tokamak devices: 3000 million volts.]
[WARNING: Ignition failed. It is recommended to immediately terminate the experiment and wait for external power to be restored.]
Red warning pop-ups were frantically appearing on Bai Che's holographic glasses.
There is no high-voltage electricity, and no auxiliary laser heating.
According to current nuclear physics theories, this is just a pile of scrap metal. It's like trying to light an entire Pacific Ocean with a single match.
As the air conditioning system stopped working, the temperature inside the laboratory began to drop rapidly, and a chilling coldness crept up my ankles.
Looking at the complex array of instruments, Li Jianguo, though not technically proficient, understood the "failed to ignite" warning. He breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his brow: "Bai Gong, since there's no power, let's get out of here. Repairing the wiring upstairs will take at least two hours, and there's no ventilation in here..."
"Who says you can't start a fire without electricity?"
Bai Che suddenly smiled.
He turned around in the darkness, his eyes shining frighteningly bright in the dim light.
"Fuxi, disable all security protocols."
[Command confirmed. Security protocol discontinued. Host, you are playing with fire.]
"Playing with fire?" Bai Che's lips curled into an arrogant smile. "No, I'm going to build a sun."
After saying that, under the horrified gazes of Su Wanqing and Li Jianguo, he made an extremely crazy move.
Instead of waiting for an external power source, he reached out and grabbed the high-energy magnetic field generator of the industrial machine from before.
There were still strong magnetic field vortices left over from the palladium refining process inside.
That's extremely unstable energy; the slightest mishap could cause a geomagnetic storm, turning this laboratory into a microwave oven.
"You're insane! You're insane!" Li Jianguo roared, instinctively trying to rush over to stop him.
But it was too late.
Bai Che used both hands to forcefully press the palm-sized ring into the core coil of the magnetic field generator, forcibly closing the start-up circuit.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!
A sickeningly loud electrical crackling sound suddenly erupted in the air.
The originally invisible magnetic field was instantly compressed and collapsed, and all of it was poured into the core of that small reactor.
"Let there be light."
Bai Che whispered.
next second.
A true miracle has occurred.
Om-! ! !
A low growl, as if from an ancient behemoth awakening, reverberated throughout the underground space.
The previously lifeless metal ring suddenly trembled.
Immediately afterwards, a blinding, pure, and extremely dark blue light burst forth from the hole at the center of the ring without warning.
That's not ordinary LED blue light.
That was the unique glow of Cherenkov radiation, the footprint left by high-energy particles exceeding the speed of light in a medium, the color of God's forbidden zone.
The intense light instantly swallowed the darkness.
The entire laboratory was as bright as day, even more dazzling than when all the operating lights had been turned on. The explosion-proof glass reflected that divine blue, making Su Wanqing and Li Jianguo's faces appear dreamlike.
Su Wanqing subconsciously raised her hand to cover her eyes, and through her fingers she saw a scene that she would never forget.
The ring floated in mid-air, no longer requiring any support.
The blue light at its center was breathing and pulsating at a strange frequency, like a beating mechanical heart.
The large screen in the command center has just been restarted.
The red curve that was originally at zero suddenly turned into a straight line pointing vertically upwards, breaking through the upper limit of the chart.
[Warning! Warning! Abnormal energy output!]
[Current power: 450 MW... 500 MW... and still climbing!]
The water glass in the hands of the technician in charge of monitoring fell to the ground with a "crash" and shattered.
"This...this is impossible..." He stared at the astronomical figure, feeling his worldview crumbling. "This is only the size of a palm...how could it possibly output the power of a medium-sized hydroelectric power station?!"
Inside the underground laboratory.
The terrifying energy pressure made the air thick and sticky.
The static electricity in Su Wanqing's hair caused it to flutter slightly. Li Jianguo felt as if he were facing an atomic bomb that could explode at any moment, and every muscle in his body trembled.
[Energy Overflow Alert!]
[Initial ignition reaction was excessive, and the magnetic confinement field is about to be overloaded. Immediate venting is recommended.]
The blue light on the reactor surface began to become unstable, and several thin streams of plasma, like mischievous little snakes, overflowed from the core, licking the surrounding air and emitting a heart-stopping crackling sound.
"It does seem a bit too strong."
Bai Che looked at the somewhat out-of-control blue light, but his face showed no panic. Instead, he revealed a look of satisfaction.
Instead of stopping the machine, he grabbed something that looked like a semi-finished mechanical glove next to the control panel.
That was the prototype of the "Magnetic Confinement Glove," originally designed to assist in moving heavy objects, but it was only half completed.
Click.
Bai Che put the glove on his right hand, tightening the metal knuckles.
Then, he grabbed the raging reactor.
With a "click," the reactor was precisely inserted into the circular interface in the palm of the glove.
The energy instantly found an outlet.
Blue light flowed wildly along the network of conduits on the glove, and the entire mechanical glove lit up instantly, as if the white arm had transformed into the limbs of a giant of light.
"Perfect timing, let me vent."
Bai Che turned around, raised his right hand, and aimed his palm at the discarded bulletproof steel plate in the corner of the laboratory, which was used to test the strength of materials.
That's a half-meter-thick special armor steel that even armor-piercing bullets can't penetrate.
"Get out of the way!" Li Jianguo's scalp tingled. He roared and lunged to the side, pinning Su Wanqing behind cover.
boom--!!!
There was no smell of gunpowder from an explosion, only the smell of ozone produced by the instantaneous ionization of air.
A tangible, azure beam of light, accompanied by a thunderous roar, erupted from Bai Che's palm.
That was a pure stream of high-energy particles.
The incredibly tough bulletproof steel plate, upon contact with the beam of light, was like butter meeting a hot knife. There was no cracking, no flying fragments; it simply vaporized.
The beam of light pierced through the steel plate and slammed into the concrete wall behind it, leaving a charred hole that remained red-hot and emitting wisps of smoke for several seconds afterward.
Nourishes...
The energy has dissipated.
The reactor's light gradually softened, returning to its steady, tranquil rhythm, emitting melodious soft purring sounds, like a cat purring.
The entire third basement level fell into an even more complete and deathly silence than when the power went out earlier.
Li Jianguo got up from the ground, his face covered in dust, staring blankly at the large, smoking hole in the wall, making gurgling sounds in his throat, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.
Su Wanqing slowly straightened up, her phoenix eyes filled with shock, her hands tightly covering her mouth, her heart pounding so hard it felt like it would burst out of her chest.
What is this?
This is what he meant by... batteries for flashlights?
If this is what you call a battery, then all the arms dealers in the world might as well go and kill themselves.
Bai Che shook his slightly burning right hand, looked at the mechanical heart in his palm that still emitted a faint blue light, as if it contained the universe and galaxies, and shrugged with some regret.
He turned his head, looked at the still-shaken crowd, and revealed that signature Versailles smile that made everyone want to punch him.
"Tsk, the stability is still a bit lacking."
He spoke like a picky customer evaluating a defective product: "Looks like we'll have to add a pressure regulator later, otherwise it'll be like a leaky faucet that's always dripping."
Li Jianguo looked at the "faucet" and then at the terrifying hole blasted into the wall, his mouth twitching wildly.
water leakage?
You call this a leak?
This is a flood discharge!